FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski circulated three Universal Servic...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski circulated three Universal Service Fund items Friday. They concerned the E- rate program, a petition by the Coalition for Equity in Switching Support about the high-cost program, and a petition by U.S. Cellular regarding Lifeline…
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verification rules. The chairman also circulated an order Thursday closing a 1995 investigation into GTE tariffs. The E-rate item is a notice of proposed rulemaking on updating the program to comply with last year’s Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, an FCC official told us. The item on switching support includes an order and a notice of proposed rulemaking that would deny the coalition’s petition but open a new proceeding to look into the matter, the official said. The switching support coalition protested an FCC rule that reduces a small incumbent carrier’s LSS support when its number of access lines climbs above a specified threshold but doesn’t increase support if its access-line count falls below the threshold (April 22 p9).